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Leviticus 7:32

in Leviticus 7

And you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the right thigh shall ye give unto the priest for a heave-offering out of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings.

KJV

And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

This verse in Leviticus 7

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the Lord--In order to show that the sacrifice was voluntary, the offerer was required to bring it with his own hands to the priest.

This site's exposition

Then the LORD said to Moses

on Leviticus 7:28-34

The breast goes to Aaron and his sons, and the right thigh to the priest who presents the blood and fat. Verse 34 says the LORD took those parts from the sons of Israel and gave them to the priests, so their food is His gift.

This site's exposition

give the right thigh to the priest

The right thigh is a contribution given from the worshipper's own peace offering, so the gift passes from the Israelite to the priest. Leviticus 9:21 shows Aaron waving the breasts and the right thigh at the first offerings.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Jesus Christ is our great peace-offering; for he made himself a sacrifice, not only to atone for sin, and so to save us from the curse, but to purchase a blessing for us, and all good. By our joyfully partaking of the benefits of redemption we feast upon the sacrifice, to signify which the Lord's supper was instituted.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The right shoulder - See Clarke on Exo 29:27 (note).

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • שׁ֣וֹק[the] thigh of

    shokH7785 →19 times

  • הַיָּמִ֔יןthe right

    haiyaminH3225 →140 times

  • תִּתְּנ֥וּyou will give

    titenuH5414 →2011 times

  • תְרוּמָ֖הa contribution

    terumahH8641 →76 times

  • לַכֹּהֵ֑ןto the priest

    lakohenH3548 →750 times

  • מִזִּבְחֵ֖יfrom [the] sacrifices of

    mizivcheiH2077 →162 times

  • שַׁלְמֵיכֶֽם׃peace offerings your

    shalmeikhemH8002 →87 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Leviticus 9:21

    but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 7:30–34

      With his own hands he is to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Numbers 6:20

    The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 29:27–28

      Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Ecclesiastes 9:7

      Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

    • Numbers 5:25

      The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.

  • Through

    Leviticus 10:14

    And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 18:11

      And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent…

  • Through

    Leviticus 7:34

    I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 18:18–19

      And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.

    • Leviticus 10:14–15

      And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you…

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 18:3

    This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 12:27

      Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your…

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.